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Strong winds, tornado watch made parish residents nervous
Thu,02/19/26-4:52PM , 12 Reads
In the photo above, flags at Our Veterans Memorial Park in the center of Washington Parish are seen flapping in the strong winds over this past weekend that resulted in a tornado near Folsom and power outages for some Washington Parish residents. Luckily, no major damage was reported in Washington Parish.
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Beginning in Baton Rouge -- Part 1
By Cecily Bateman
Thu,02/19/26-4:48PM , 368 Reads
"The lawyers dwell on small details." ---- Don Henley in "The End of the Innocence."\
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Weather and those farmers of old
By Callie Foreman
Thu,02/19/26-4:46PM , 119 Reads
I remember as a little girl listening to old men sitting around the country store discussing the weather. We did have a great local weatherman on a New Orleans TV channel who wore a big cowboy hat and could come pretty close to reporting on what was coming.
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Blake Orman, center, poses with the Franklinton Demons baseball team after throwing out the first pitch to open the 2026 season. PHOTO BY RAYNELLE BUFFINET

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Blake Orman throws out first pitch to open 2026 baseball season
Thu,02/19/26-4:24PM , 327 Reads
Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for opening day on Monday, February 9th was former Demon #11 Blake Orman.
Blake is a 2006 graduate of FHS and played baseball for four years.
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